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Increased charity is one of the reasons and of course there is the pressure from Medicare and insurers to limit rate increases, but many insurers are on their way to China as posted in prior articles here. There is also the big loss of federal funds, just look at us here in California for a quick...
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Health Net also waived their right to a hearing, interesting. The checks are in the mail to over 50,000 current or former consumers. It took a few years though to resolve and a 13 million dollar fine on top, but for the insurers who have "reserves" stockpiled to handle such incidents...
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So much for feeling good about decisions...but is this where we seem to be headed at times with everything being focused on the dollar and not the quality of healthcare? Hospitals are struggling to come out of bankruptcy and some are starting the trek, so I hope this does not continue to be the...
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Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through the system and first off I do have to make one comment...
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This is one video found on You Tube, to show the real life discussions of healthcare in the US today. As I understand, there will be more to come, but it brings to light that we can no longer live in "denial" and believe the system is going to fix itself and in today's booming world...
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This suit and it's award make me wonder why we do not have "fake employees" at the insurance firms and HMOs? Make sense? In view of all the recent legal awards and court cases, why not. Doctors have to deal with "fake patients" so why not "fake employees"...
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Words of reality quoted by this hospital CEO, "There are too many variables involved until we go line item by line item", and that is certainly one big challenge as well. Many hospitals have active fund drives in place as well as other sources of creating additional revenue compensation...
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When I read numbers and studies such as this, it is no wonder we are lagging behind other countries in healthcare. First of all, if it is not affordable and accessible, the consumer will not go, especially in the area of chronic diseases and especially in preventative medicine. We have a...
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Remote Area Medical is offering relief to many who cannot afford health care or insurance. Newsweek does a nice job with the coverage here and a few months ago I had a post with video showing how the daily set up goes. RAM was .png?imgmax=800" align="right" alt="" /> originally set up for...
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Medical bloggers have a stock pile of valuable information, as referenced in this post. If you don't find answers here at this blog, check out some of the links on this site and explore, chances are you might find some very good references. The one item that is still somewhat of an annoyance...